Guillestre travel guide
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Visit Guillestre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Guillestre is situated in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 47 km from Gap, the department capital. (General information: Guillestre is 570 km from Paris and 785 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Embrun at 16 km from Guillestre
Popular places to visit near Guillestre: these include Embrun at 16 km and L'Argentiere-la-Bessee at 17 km.
Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin is a listed 'national monument' at 2km and Queyras is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Guillestre: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Guillestre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Guillestre
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Alpes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Guillestre.
Note that all distances from Guillestre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Guillestre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Guillestre (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Provence and Hautes-Alpes gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Guillestre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de Charance (48km) : Jardin alpin du Lautaret (49km) :
- National Monuments: Place Forte de Mont-Dauphin (2km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Briancon (27km) : Poligny (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Argentiere-la-Bessee (17km) :
- Grand Site of France: Vallee de la Claree (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Guillestre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Guillestre
Canton: Guillestre
Arrondissement: Briançon
Department: Hautes-Alpes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 05600
Distance to Guillestre
from Gap: 47 km
from Paris: 570 km
from Calais: 785 km
from Nice: 117 km
from Bordeaux: 571 km
from Strasbourg: 444 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Guillestre): Eygliers, Mont-Dauphin, Reotier, Risoul, Saint-Clement-sur-Durance, Saint-Crepin and Vars.
Getting here
Hautes-Alpes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice, Lyon or Grenoble airports. By car from the UK allow about 10 hours for the journey from Calais to here. For driving distances to Guillestre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Guillestre